Desperate for strategy help!

Japan took over Hong Kong, parts of china, malaya, new south wales, and shan state. what do I do? Germany took over normandy,france, and destroyed my UK mainland navy alongside with my tiny canadian navy. I need a strategy fast!

Focus your American Fleet in Hawaii IF you can hold there. Make sure you don’t lose Hawaii or it’s game.

Put your focus into killing Japanese ground units, so that their ability to take your territories is limited.

Don’t let england fall to the Nazi’s, focus British energies on killing the german navy, and taking norway/finland, and helping the reds hold onto Novisibirsk. Fight the German units for every square inch of Russia, watch out for Blitzes and Italian can opener style attacks.

Try to kill the Italian navy however possible. Perhaps with remnant indian fleet.

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Doh, thats right. I misspoke, you save one if concerned Japan might be invaded by US. It can stop bombards and is cheaper than throwing a ftr away doing it.
So only save a kami if you think Japan is about to be invaded.

@SubmersedElk:
@PeterPaaPan:
What if an American tranny is in sz 110, Can British troops jump into Them and attack the same turn??!
nope, takes one turn to load and another to unload
if you have to load or unload go to the white zone
you’ll love it
it’s a way of life
Okay, don’t give me any of that “white zone” s**t.
We both know what this is really about.
You want me to get an abortion!

The problem with that is if the US took Manchuria, it would revert to Chinese control so the US would not be able to use a factory there or even build one itself. Also, US would not get the 3 IPCs for Manchuria either.
However, USA could take Korea and put a minor there.

Mark: We will be starting the game around 9 or so this morning, so I will let you know how it goes. I usually spend some time going through various scenarios in my head and speculating as to which side should have the greater advantage when doing changes like this. Without really looking at the board, I am thinking it will be the Allies, because for one their are many more of them so they stand to gain more by teaming up/attacking the Axis at the same time. Furthermore, one of the 3 Axis players (Japan) can’t really use this advantage, b/c they are pretty much isolated.
With that in mind, I am considering weakening the Allies a bit and see how it pans out. One idea I have is reducing the major IC in India to a minor, and adding another minor IC in West India as well. I will probably also add a couple extra infantry in India to start out with too. This will allow India to serve as a legitimate garrison for the UK, with allowing them to dominate…at least thats the plan.
I am considering this approach b/c I believe the Allies will dominate the Atlantic, and Germany will be hard pressed against a combined US/UK invasion plus Russia breathing down their necks, so my thinking is that by weakening India’s offensive capabilities a bit, Japan will be able to pressure Russia more from the east, thus making up for the imbalance in the west.
Like I said, this will take some time to get down, but I think the two-turn system will be worth it in the end. I really wish A&A would move to this system in the first place, as I know many that use it, or would like to use it.
Let me know your thoughts!..

This plan doesn’t ignore Japan, that’s a compete foolish move in my opinion. I just build bombers enough to keep Germany annoyed while maintaining a Pacific Fleet. As I said before, I build a 1:1 build against Japan and make sure Hawaii doesn’t get captured.

trulpen’s G2 DOW heading for Moscow [OOB G40 2nd]
This opening is an inspiration from COW. Instead of G1 though, it’s a way for Germany to primarily aim for a G2 DOW against Russia. Saving the battleship is nice, but more of a parenthesis here. There is significant strategic gain with a G2 DOW instead of G3, but Germany needs a solid plan to execute. This route focuses on going directly for Moscow, getting other key sites like Leningrad and Ukraine on the way only if it doesn’t disturb the main goal.
Purchase (30 IPC)
Ger: 3 mech, 3 tank - 30
Combat moves
1 sub sz103, 1 sub sz108, 1 fig Holland, 2 fig, 2 tac W Ger, 1 tac Ger, 2 sb Ger -> sz110 -> 3 fig, 3 tac Holland, 2 sb W Ger
1 sub sz118, 1 sub sz124, 1 bs sz113, 1 fig Norway, 1 tac W Ger -> strafe sz111 -> W Ger
4 inf, 2 art, 3 tank Holland, 3 tank S Ger, 3 inf, 1 art, 4 mech W Ger -> France -> S Italy
6 inf, 2 art S Ger, 1 inf Romania, 1 fig Slovakia, 1 tac Poland -> strafe Yugoslavia -> Romania, 1 fig Tobruk, 1 tac S Italy
Non-combat moves
1 sub sz117 -> sz124
1 cr, 1 tr sz114 -> sz112
3 aa W Ger -> Holland
2 inf Denmark -> W Ger
3 inf Norway -> Finland +4 inf
11 inf, 3 art, 3 aaa Ger -> Poland
2 inf Slovakia -> Poland
1 tank Slovakia -> Romania
1 tank Romania -> Bulgaria +4 inf
Analysis
Now Germany is optimally set for stacking in E Poland on G2. If possible, do also enter Bessarabia to pressure Ukraine, but holding E Poland is more important.
Enter in the North by Leningrad as well as Russia then gets pressure on all fronts. If they move in to save Leningrad or such (oh yes, it’s a trap!), all the better since those units won’t make it back to Moscow in time.
No need to bomb Leningrad, since anything built there in R2 will be useless or suboptimal. Maybe bomb Ukraine, but likely the Russians will retreat from there anyway. Risking a sb and then having to repair the mIC might simply be counter-productive.
The G2-buy of 66 IPC is simply 3 mech and 7 tank in Germany and 1 sb in W Germany.
On G3 buy 1 fig, 1 tac and 2 sb in W Germany.
Continue the invasion by stacking in W Ukraine. Grab Leningrad and Ukraine if possible, but do not deviate resources that are aimed for Moscow.
On G4 simply buy 4 sb in W Ger and 3 tank in Ukraine. If the latter is not available for building, then just 1 or 2 more sb’s.
Bomb the hell out of Moscow with 4-5 sb and stack everything in Bryansk, including all available air.
Italy should’ve set up on its I2 to have 2 tank and all air in E Poland in order to do an essential can-opener of Bryansk in I3, maybe also buying a sb in I2.
In G5 there will be the glorious battle of Moscow. This should favour Germany with +20 inf, 5 art, 10 mech, 19-22 tanks and a heap of Luftwaffe even if Russia has defensively turtled.
Lets say Russia has built only inf and has about 65 of them in Moscow. It’s still a +90 % battle for Germany, although likely most land units will be gone.